Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act; Bridgeview Joint Venture

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-456]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act; 
Bridgeview Joint Venture

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Bridgeview Joint 
Venture, Civ. No. 94-C-3184, (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on or about 
December 19, 1995. This Consent Decree concerns a Complaint filed by 
the United States against several defendants pursuant to section 309 of 
the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1319, to obtain injunctive 
relief and impose civil penalties upon the Defendants for discharges of 
dredged or fill material in violation of CWA section 301(a), 33 U.S.C. 
1311(a), and for subsequent violation of an EPA Administrative Order 
issued pursuant to CWA section 309(a), 33 U.S.C. 1319(a).
    The Consent Decree prohibits additional illegal discharges by the 
Defendants, requires either restoration of, or mitigation for, wetland 
areas buried under the fill, provides for payment of a civil penalty in 
the amount of $170,000, and further provides for a supplemental 
environmental project in lieu of additional penalties.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Attention: Michael D. Rowe, Esq., 10th Street 
and Constitution Ave., N.W., Room 7115-Main Bldg., Washington, D.C. 
20530, and refer to United States v. Bridgeview Joint Venture, DOJ. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-5009.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604, and at the following additional locations: 1) The 
United States Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, 9th 
Street & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20026 (Contact 
Elizabeth Baxter at (202) 514-9763); and 2) United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, Office of the Regional Counsel 200 West 
Adams, 29th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604 (Contact Thomas Martin at (312) 
886-4273).
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section.
[FR Doc. 96-456 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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